Breathe BalloonThis page has two parts: the privacy policy of the Breathe Balloon app, word for word as in the app, and privacy when using this website.
Privacy Policy
Breathe Balloon – DoPe Apps
Last updated: 7 November 2026
1. Controller
The controller for the Breathe Balloon app is:
DoPe Apps – Dominik Peuscher
Sole proprietorship
c/o MDC#1496
Welserstraße 3
87463 Dietmannsried
Germany
E-mail: business@dpeuscher.de
Phone: +49 8990422549
2. Data protection and offline use
Breathe Balloon was developed with the aim of protecting users' privacy as well as possible.
The breathing exercises work completely offline and require neither registration nor an internet connection. Only for purchasing and restoring the full version does the app connect to Apple's App Store through the interfaces of the operating system.
Breathe Balloon does not use any servers of its own, any advertising networks, or any analytics or tracking services.
No personal usage profiles are created. Through the app, DoPe Apps does not receive any information about when, how often or which breathing exercises are carried out.
3. Locally stored data
Breathe Balloon may store settings and information about the use of the breathing exercises locally on the respective device.
This may include in particular:
- Selected breathing exercises and custom breathing rhythms
- Settings for duration and repetitions
- Audio and display settings
- Health integration settings
- Usage statistics settings
- Start of the free trial and the most recently seen point in time
- Purchase status of the full version
This information is used exclusively to provide the app's functions.
It is not transmitted to DoPe Apps servers.
Depending on the operating system and device settings, locally stored data may be part of a device backup.
The app stores the start of the seven-day trial and the most recently seen point in time exclusively locally in the device's keychain. This way, the trial does not start again after a reinstallation and cannot be extended by setting the clock back. No server and no user account are used for this; the information is not synchronised via iCloud Keychain, and DoPe Apps does not receive it.
If an Apple Watch is paired, the app synchronises the start of the trial and the purchase status between iPhone and Apple Watch via the connection provided by the operating system.
4. Usage statistics
If you enable statistics recording in the settings, Breathe Balloon stores, for each breathing exercise you end afterwards, its start (date and time with time zone), the time actually practised and a randomly generated identifier so that each exercise is counted only once. Which breathing exercise you did is not stored for the statistics.
Exercises that are ended early are also included. Pauses do not count as practice time. Exercises shorter than ten seconds are not counted. Recording is disabled by default.
The information is used exclusively to show you personal overviews, for example your total practice time, the number of your practice days and weekly, monthly and yearly statistics.
The statistics data is stored locally in the app's storage on the respective device, for example on your iPhone or iPad. It is not synchronised between your devices via iCloud; each device keeps its own statistics.
Recording is enabled and disabled on the iPhone; a paired Apple Watch adopts this setting. While recording is enabled, the Apple Watch hands the details of each exercise ended on it to the paired iPhone via the connection provided by the operating system so that it appears in your statistics. If there is no connection, the handover waits on the Apple Watch until the connection is available again. The Apple Watch does not display any statistics itself.
If you use iCloud Backup, the statistics data may be stored with Apple as part of your device backup and restored when the device is restored. Other backup functions provided by the operating system may also include local app data. The backup and management of this data are governed by your device settings and Apple's privacy terms.
Breathe Balloon does not transmit any statistics data to DoPe Apps and does not use it for advertising or to create user profiles.
No user account is required for the statistics. No data is read from Apple Health or Health Connect.
You can disable statistics recording in the settings at any time. After that, no new exercises are recorded. Data already stored is kept and can still be viewed until you delete it with the "Reset Statistics" function.
After a confirmation, "Reset Statistics" deletes all statistics data stored on the respective device; whether recording is enabled or disabled stays unchanged. Existing device backups may still contain this data until the respective backups are deleted or replaced.
Exercises on the Apple Watch that had not yet been handed over to the iPhone when recording was disabled or reset are no longer counted. The Apple Watch discards such waiting handovers as soon as it has adopted the changed setting.
5. Apple Health and Health Connect
Breathe Balloon offers an optional integration with Apple Health on iOS and Health Connect on Android.
When the integration is enabled, information about completed breathing exercises may be stored in the respective health platform.
Breathe Balloon does not read any existing health data from Apple Health or Health Connect.
The integration is set up exclusively for writing the intended entries.
Data is transmitted only if the user has granted the corresponding permission.
The health integration is optional. Without this permission, the breathing exercises can still be used.
DoPe Apps does not use health data for advertising purposes, nor does it sell it or analyse it for user profiles.
The management and, where applicable, synchronisation of the stored entries within Apple Health or Health Connect is governed by the settings and privacy terms of the respective platform.
The usage statistics are independent of the health integration. No data is read from Apple Health or Health Connect to create the statistics.
6. Permissions and withdrawal
The permission to write health data can be withdrawn at any time via the settings of the operating system or the health platform.
After withdrawal, Breathe Balloon writes no further entries under the permission concerned.
Health data that has already been stored is not automatically deleted by the withdrawal. It can be managed or deleted directly in Apple Health or Health Connect.
Independently of this, statistics recording can be enabled or disabled at any time in the settings of Breathe Balloon.
7. No analytics or advertising services
Breathe Balloon does not use any analytics tools of its own, tracking SDKs or advertising networks.
DoPe Apps does not analyse individual usage behaviour.
The optional usage statistics are shown exclusively within the app as a personal overview. The statistics data is not transmitted to DoPe Apps.
Information that is processed independently of this by Apple, Google or the respective operating system as part of their own services is subject to the privacy terms of the respective provider.
8. Purchase and payment processing
Breathe Balloon is offered free of charge through the Apple App Store. After a free trial of seven days, all breathing exercises can be unlocked with the one-time in-app purchase "Full version".
The purchase, payment processing and restoring of purchases are handled exclusively by Apple (StoreKit) with your Apple Account.
Within the app, DoPe Apps does not process credit card or other payment data, does not carry out any payment processing of its own and does not collect any personal data in connection with the purchase.
Through the interfaces of the operating system, the app only learns whether the full version has been purchased and stores this purchase status locally on the device. No server of its own and no user account with DoPe Apps are required for this.
Through App Store Connect, Apple provides DoPe Apps with aggregated sales and financial reports. These do not show who purchased the full version.
Apple's privacy information applies to the processing of personal data in connection with the purchase.
9. Contacting us
If you contact us by e-mail, we process the information you send us, for example your e-mail address and the content of your message, in order to answer your enquiry.
Depending on the occasion, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contractual or pre-contractual matters) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in handling other enquiries).
The data is stored only for as long as is necessary to handle the enquiry or because of statutory retention obligations.
10. Legal bases
Where personal data is processed in the context of the app, this is done to provide the functions requested by the user.
The usage statistics are an optional additional function. They are recorded only after you have enabled them in the settings and can be disabled again at any time. The app processes the statistics data only on your devices; DoPe Apps does not receive it.
When health data is voluntarily transferred to Apple Health or Health Connect, the processing takes place after the user has given explicit approval. Where consent under data protection law is required for this, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR.
Consent that has been given can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.
11. Recipients and data transfers
DoPe Apps does not transmit any data about completed breathing exercises or personal usage statistics to its own servers or to advertising and analytics services.
When the health integration is enabled, the data is stored via the interfaces of Apple Health or Health Connect provided by the operating system.
While statistics recording is enabled, the Apple Watch hands the details of ended exercises to the paired iPhone to provide a combined overview.
When device backups are enabled, local app data, including the usage statistics, may be stored by Apple and restored when the device is restored.
Any synchronisation, backup or further processing by Apple or Google is governed by the settings and terms of those services. Depending on the service, this may also involve processing outside the European Union or the European Economic Area.
12. Storage period and deletion
Locally stored settings and data can, depending on the operating system and storage mechanism, be removed by resetting the app or deleting its data.
The statistics data remains stored until you delete it with the "Reset Statistics" function or remove the app from the device. Disabling statistics recording prevents further recording but does not delete any statistics data already stored.
When the app is uninstalled, locally stored app data is generally removed, unless it is retained by a device backup or other functions of the operating system.
Notwithstanding this, the start of the trial in the keychain remains on the device even after uninstallation so that the trial does not start again. It contains only two points in time and, like other keychain entries, may be included in an encrypted device backup. It is deleted when the device is reset.
Existing device backups may still contain statistics data. The deletion of these backups is governed by Apple's settings and procedures.
Entries in Apple Health or Health Connect may persist independently of the app and, where applicable, must be deleted there.
13. Your data protection rights
Where DoPe Apps processes personal data, you have in particular the following rights, subject to the statutory requirements:
- Access to your personal data (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Erasure of personal data (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Objection to certain processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Withdrawal of consent given, with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR)
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).
You can contact business@dpeuscher.de for this purpose.
As DoPe Apps has no access to your locally stored exercise statistics, they cannot be viewed or deleted centrally by DoPe Apps. The corresponding functions within the app are available to you for this purpose.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated if functions, data processing or legal requirements change.
The current version is made available within the app or via the associated privacy page.
Privacy when using this website
Last updated: 4 November 2026
This part applies to visiting this website (breath-balloon-go.dope-apps.com). The website is separate from the app; the app does not connect to it.
Controller
The controller is DoPe Apps – Dominik Peuscher; address and contact as in section 1 of the app’s privacy policy.
Web server access data
To deliver the pages, the web server processes your IP address and the requested page. This is technically necessary (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Cookie for the language choice
If you pick a language from the menu, the website remembers that choice in a cookie called lang for one year.
No third parties, no tracking
The website sets no tracking cookies, uses no analytics and loads nothing from other servers – no external fonts, scripts or embedded content.
Contact, rights and changes
If you send us an email, section 8 of the app’s privacy policy applies. Your rights under the GDPR, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority and the notes on changes are in sections 12 and 13 and also apply to the website. If something changes on the website that affects this part, it will be updated here; the date above shows the current version.